From the left (in boats): Daenerys and Tamarushka (TMS Flying Shadow), Emileigh (TMS Flying Shadow), Diana (WildWind AC-45), Zero (TMS Flying Shadow), Max (TMS Flying Shadow), and Moon (TMS Flying Shadow).
On the Race Committee boat: Cryptic. On the dock: Asher, and Caethes.
Calm seas, with a nice fleet turnout, highlighted this weeks Cat Fight in The North Sea. With a moderate breeze of 15 knots coming out of the southwest, rising to a fresh breeze of 18 knots during the second race, The North Sea regions were well behaved as no DNFs (Did Not Finish) were recorded on the day. The crowds that gathered on the lighthouse observation deck on the island in the Ziziphus region, and along the Pooseidon Centre Spectator Pier and small race dock in the Eden Jakana region, reveled in the frantic fleet-foiled feline frenzy on display from this weeks skippers. This weeks fleet, sailing on the North Sea Trapezoid course and North Sea Olympic Course (Long), was made up of a majority of five The Mesh Shop (TMS) Flying Shadows, four sailing single-handed and one crewed respectively. One WildWind AC-45 rounded out this weeks catamaran fleet in the first race. The AC-45 skipper switched to her AC-62 in the second race.
Race Director: Cryptic
Wind: SW (225°) 15kts
Wind: SW (225°) 18kts
Note:
Did Not Finish (DNF) = number of finish +1
Did Not Start (DNS) = number of start +1
Today’s winner was Moon (moonglownight Resident), with Max (Max Starostin) second, and Zero (Sleet Zero) in third place. Congratulations to all of you. Thank you to everyone who came to sail and spectate.
Race Notes:
Max (Max Starostin), Zero (Sleet Zero), and Daenerys (blondij Resident) all finished tied with 6 points. Rule A8.1 of Appendix A, Scoring, 2021 – 2024 World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing is used to break this tie:
“If there is a series score tie between two or more boats, each boat’s race scores shall be listed in order of best to worst, and at the first point(s) where there is a difference the tie shall be broken in favour of the boat(s) with the best score(s). No excluded scores shall be used.“
| Skipper | Best Finish | Next Best Finish |
| Max Starostin | 1 | 5 |
| Sleet Zero | 2 | 4 |
| blondij Resident | 3 | 3 |
With the race results rearranged in best to worst finish order, per A8.1, the tie breaks in Max’s favor with having a first place finish over Zero’s second place, and Daenerys’s third place finishes as their best.
North Sea Racing 